Electric motor



April 12, 1 932. F, 5 KINGSTON 1,853,865

ELECTRIC MOTOR Filed June 13, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheei 1 INVENTOR 7-. S. K/A/GSTO/Y.

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April 12, 1932. F. s. KINGSTON ELECTRIC MOTOR 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Ju ne 13, 1930 FIE- 6 INVENTOR :15 Q K/NE5TON ATTO RN EY Patented Apr. 12, 1932 UNITED sTA ss rarsnr @FFlCE FREDERICK S. KINGSTON, F WARREN, @EEQ, ASSXGNOB IlG WE NLIGEE? E'LELTBIQAB MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF WARREN, @310, A @QIRPGEcAClIQN GE EH Application filed June is,

My invention relates to electric motors, and my object in general is to provide a single phase induction motor using the s lit phase method of starting, including an in uctive re- 5 actance to-decrease the starting current to a relativel low value. A more specific object is to provi e a motor of the kind stated at a low cost without roducin any material change externally in its enera appearance or conven- 1o tional form or s ape. To attain these objects a reactauce coil is preferably built within or upon one hood of the motor to utilize the iron therein, and conserve space, and to decrease thecosts. Preferably,'the reactance coil is also connected in series relation with the main winding of the motor, and automatic means provided for short-circuiting this reactsnce when the motor comes up to running speed. Preferably, the starting winding is also made so with more turns than in an ordinary splitphase motor, and an inductive reactance provided to lower the startin current, the aim being to provide a split pliase motor which will not require more than 15 amperes starting 85 current but still have an ample pull-out and running torque, all as hereinafter more fully described and more concisely set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1 is a sectional view of a single phase motor em bodyin my invention, and Fi 2 is a schematic diagram of an electrical circuit for such a motor. Fig. 3 is a diagram representing a modified electric circuit for the motor, and Fig. 4 a sectional view and side elevation of a motor having a reactance coil mounted annularly within the outside of one end hood thereof. Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional views and elevations of a motor having a laminated 63 core reactance mounted within one end hood, Fig. 5 being taken on line 5-'5 of Fig. 6, and

Fig. 6 being taken on line 66 of Fig. 5.

As exemplified in the drawings,motor A has the appearance of a single-phase motor 45 of a blown type, excepting that one end hell or hood --B-' is provided with an annular enlargement which is channeled or grooved, either internally or externally, to receive and hold a reactance coil 2. The channeled por- 6 tion of the hood encircles the motor-shaft 193d. Elerlal lilo. 160,378.

hearing -li-, the center of the hood and also the air openin s --a-, surrounding the hearing. Preferah l' coil 2 is connected across the line L in series with the main field winding 3 of the motor, as shown in Fig. 2. m An automatic switch S is also embodied in the motor having a double set of contacts 0 and (5, respectively, to cut out or open the auxiliary circuit 4 for starting winding 5, and to shortcircuit reactance (301i 2 in the same operation, as so that the motor will continue to run only on the main iield winding 3. Furthermore, automatic switch S is designed to short-circult the reactance coil 2 when the motor is running at a relatively high speed, and to change from the running condition to the starting condition a much lower speed.- For that purpose l prefer to use a speed re sponsive switch having weighted centrifugal elements 6 pivotally connected to or supportan ed at one end of rotor 7 and constructed with righ"-angled arms 8 operatively-engaged with a slidahle collar 9 mounted on the rotor shaft 310. The centrifugal movement of each element 6 is counteracted by a coiled spring ll 5 sleeved over shaft 10 hetween the rotor and the collar, and a flange 12 on the collar is normally pressed into contact with a dish "i l of insulating material mounted to slide on the huh 15 of a switch body 16 fixed within one so end oi the casing or hood 1? of the motor. The separate sets of contacts a and 03 respectively, are secured to body 16, which is oi insulating material and disk 14 is provided on opposite sides thereof with separate contact at rings a and f respectively, adapted to co-op crate with said separate sets of contacts. When the motor is idle or starting the coiled spring 11 keeps the contact disk pressed against the contacts 0, thus permitting the to electric current to flow through starting winding 5 in starting operations. The current also flows at the same time through reactance coil 2 and main field windin 3. This operating condition is briefly maintained, or until the rotor speeds up quickly to throw out the centrifugal elements 6 and shift collar 9 toward the rotor and apart from the contact disk 14. Ther-eupon a second and weaker coiled spring 18 presses the disk into engage- 1% ment with the angular contacts (I secured to body 16. This breaks or cuts out the auxiliary starting circuit 4 and winding 5, and short-circuits the reactance coil 2 over circuit 6, thus leaving the main field winding 3 only in circuit across the line, which is the normal running condition of the motor.

Preferably, reactance coil 2 is removably confined within an annular roove or recess 19 within the end bell or hood B of the motor casing. Usually this hood is made of cast iron, and the groove or recess covered by an iron or steel ring or plate 20 to complete the iron magnetic circuit. More than one ring or plate may be used, but in either case the inductive reactance consists of the coil and its surrounding magnetic path through the iron, and the iron in the bell or hood and the plate is utilized most advantageously, notwithstanding that cast iron is not generally suitable or as desirable a material as laminated in or upon the hood B as it permits the coil to be covered for protection and also concealed to avoid an unsightly appearance. In fact, a reactance as constructed, requires a minimum of space and permits the motor to be made in or of conventional shape, while reducing the cost of expense of construction as compared with a reactance of the built-up laminated" type. Preferably, the annular groove or recess for the reactance coil is located upon the inside of the hood, but it could also be placed ouwide. Thus, in Fi 4, I show an end hood having an annular c iannel 18 outside encircling the motor shaft, including a reactance coil 2 within the channel, and a metal ring or plate 20' spanning the channel and covering the coil. The rin or plate might be grooved instead of the ood to receive the reactance coil thus providing a ringshaped inductance adapted to be bolted to the hood, either inside or outside. The ring or plate may also be of laminated'construction if desired, or a laminated core reactance bolted to the hood. Thus, in Figs. 5 and 6, I show a laminated core reactance device D bolted to the inside of-a hood B where it is protected and invisible from the outside, the hood retaining its conventional form and shape. The reactance in this case, as'in the other forms, surrounds or encircles the motor shaft. A laminated reactance unit of this type can be bolted to' the inside of the hood before the motor is assembled. When the motor is assembled themotor shaft passes through the bearinglopening in the hood centrally in respect to t 'ereactance unit.

As actually construeteddt e present reac- Laramie tor motor has the inductive reactance connected in series with the main winding during starting as shown in Fig. 2, which is the prederstood that ordinary split-phase motors take relatively high starting currents there being two windings in parallel across the line during the starting period,-a main winding and a starting winding, the starting current being the vector sum of the currents taken by the two windings. In the present reactor motor; the current in the main windin 1s kept own to a relatively low value by acing the inductive reactance in series wit the main winding during the startin period,

*and by using more turns in the 'startlng winding than in the ordinary split-phase motor. Thus, relatively low currents are provided in both windings during the starting period, but

this arrangement does not afiect the performance of the motor in the running position of the parts, because the inductive reactance is short-circuited and the starting winding is also open or out out when the motor comes up to speed, leaving only the main winding across the voltage supply line. Accordingly, the running performance does not differ materially, from that of an ordinary only the starting performsplit-pehase motor,

ing modified to obtain a low startin current at the expense of starting torque, a

though considerable starting torque can be obtained by a proper design. Accordin 1y, a motor of the present type is suitable for oads which require only a small startin torque, or where the load is not ap lied unti the motor reaches running spee for example, a

motor having a grinding wheel mounted on the motor shaft, and/or a motor of low cost in which no more torque is needed during the starting period than that required to overcome the motor friction and winda e, and/or a motor in or with which a mec anical or speed-responsive clutch is used to permit the rotor to start freely without load.- The present invention is designed to lower the cost of such motors and overcome the known difiiculties of winding the samfefto take as low as 15 amperes starting current, even when the rotor is permitted to start freely without load.

This is because the main windin must be so proportioned that the motor wi have sufi-' cient 'pull-out torque and in that case the startin current in t e main winding is so greatthat the current cannot be kept down in starting to 15 amperes. If the windin are proportioned in' such motors to keep t e starting current down to 15 amperes, the

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messes pull-out or maximum runnin torque, is insuiiicient or so low as to be inefiective or undesirable. In the present motor the use or" a re-' actance as described keeps down the starting current, and does not affect the pull-out torque because the reactance is short-circuited when the motor is up to speed and the winding can be proportioned to give the desired pull-out torque. Building of the inductance reactance in the motor bell or hood is also of benefit in greatly lowering the starting current at a low cost.

In some cases a resistance could be used instead of a reactance to limit the starting current, but a resistance is not as desirable as a reactance. Thus, a coil of wire placed in the annular recess could be made a pure resistance and not an inductive reactance it non-inductively wound. For example, if hall of the turns in the coil were wound in one direction and half in the other direction, the result would be substantially a pure resistance and not a reactance and the surrounding iron path would not play any part in its performance.

The system of control shown in Fig, 1, as

applied to the control of a clutch unit for disengaging the load from the motor, is de= scribed and claimed in my co-pending application, Serial No. 431,750 that was filed Feb- The centrifugal switch unit shown in connection with this application forms the sub ject-matter of my co-pending application, Se rial No. 445,667 filed April 19, 193i).

- What I claim, is: w

1. The combination with a single phase induction motor oi a main winding, an annularly wound inductive winding connected in series therewith, a stator carrying said main winding and having an end hoodof mag netic material provided with a laterally opening annular groove in one face thereof for receiving said annularly wound inductive winding, a cover plate for substantially closing the mouth of said annular groove to thereby complete a magnetic circuit in said magnetizable material for all parts of said annular winding,'a rotor, and means actuated by the speed of rotation of the rotor for electrically connecting the terminals of said inductive winding when said motor is operated at a predetermined speed.

2, In a single phase alternating current motor, the combination of a rotor, and a stator having an end hood of magnetic material, an

annular groove formed in the material of said hood, an annular winding coaxial relative to said groove and completely embedded within the groove, a cover plate of magnetic material bridging said groove to thereby complete the encasement of said windingin the magnetic material of said hood, a stationary contact member carried by said stator and electrically connected to one terminal of said winding, a 

